Latest from Rotorua

Local iwi calls for visitors to stay away to protect community

Whirinaki forest DoC huts and campsite will be closed until February.

Rare measure to place rāhui on Whirinaki forest draws mixed reaction

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whare has placed a rāhui on Whirinaki Te Pua a Tāne Conservation Park.

'Upsetting': Girl's koro hits back over Farmers email

'The email, in my view, was very disappointing.'

Boozed-up and banged-up: ACC pays out millions for alcohol-related injuries

Fights, falling over and broken glass contributed to millions in ACC injury claims.

Two Covid-19 cases in Murupara as just over half of town fully vaccinated

Murupara is one of New Zealand's least vaccinated areas.

Public backlash: Govt minister claims she was 'racially profiled' at Farmers

Marama Davidson is calling for a 'racism shake-up' in the retail sector.

'Juice junkies': Welfare leader concerned about payment schemes used to buy liquor

Feedback has been sought on buy now, pay later schemes.

Eight tips to ease your Covid anxiety as we head into 2022

Kiwis have high hopes for a better 2022, but it's still easy to succumb to worry.

'Racial profiling' victim offered opportunity with model and talent agent

Aiomai Nuku-Tarawhiti, 15, was told she looked 'undesirable' while shopping last weekend.

'Terrified on a daily basis': Govt blasted over inaction on emergency housing

Police have refused to comment on whether crime has increased around emergency housing.

Tourist bus fatal crash driver's appeal to stay in New Zealand declined

An immigration tribunal has decided Junwei Zhang will be deported in January.

Covid-19 case in Rotorua school community

The Ministry of Health informed the school on Sunday afternoon about the Covid-19 case.

11yo driver crashes car with kids inside, gives cop the fingers

"The youth 'flipped the bird' to the police officer and sped off again."

'Worst Christmas': Quiet start to holiday accommodation bookings but some 'optimistic'

Rotorua's accommodation industry is facing Christmas with realism and hope.

'Double vaxxed': Family lived with positive case for two weeks - and didn't catch it

'I couldn't hug my mum': 11-year-old speaks out about having Covid-19.

Felix Desmarais: 'Transgender people exist. We are real, we are natural'

Opinion: Parliament supporting transgender rights is a precious, flickering flame.

New Fish and Game chairman learnt to fish before he learnt to ride a bike

Ngahihi Bidois is believed to be the first Te Arawa chairman of Eastern Fish and Game.

'Heightened levels of anxiety': Student demand for mental health services rises

One principal says students are expressing worry about Covid-19 and climate change.